compressive
English translation: compressive
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|  Selected response from: Sarah Ponting Italy Local time: 06:27 | ||||||
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| 3 +3 | compressive |
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| 5 | compressiva |
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| 3 | compressional |
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peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3compressive Explanation: "La metodologia sismica a rifrazione utilizza le onde compressive." www.cis-geofisica.it/html/sismica_a_rifrazione.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-05-16 16:03:15 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, wrong language! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-05-16 16:04:38 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- COMPRESSIVE is OK in English too - sorry about the Italian reference. I\'ll look for some English ones for you, Sandy. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-05-16 16:06:29 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- \"Motion of a building as two seismic pulses enter the basement ... waves and surface waves tend to be more dangerous for buildings than compressive waves. \" www.mines.utah.edu/~schuster/gg103/res/resonance.html \"There are three types of seismic waves: the first two are called body waves because they pass through the body of the Earth. 1. P-waves or Primary waves: these are a type of compressive wave (it disturbs the Earth in a push-pull motion). These move the fastest. Compressive waves can move through solids and liquids. 2. S-waves or Shear waves (also called secondary waves): these are type of shear wave (it disturbs the Earth as a wave). These move more slowly than P-waves. They can move through solids, but not through liquids. 3. Surface waves: these pass over the surface of the Earth and move more slowly than either of the body waves.\" http://www-class.unl.edu/geol109/earthstructure.htm |
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